John Facenda died soon after narrating this highlight film as well as the 1983 LA Raiders Highlight Film and a handful of other 1984 productions for NFL Films including Super Stars of the Super Bowl. In my view, having watched hundreds of films narrated by Facenda, some of his strongest work was done during the spring/summer of 1984 shortly before he died. He went out at the very top of his game!
In the history of announcers no one beats John Facenda, Harry Kalas and Jeff Kaye all who at one time were staff announcers for NFL films--no one has even come close since
Forgotten team that deserves appreciation. Losing a Superbowl, one Game, is given wayyyy too much importance. The way majority of fans think, its as if 95% if Superbowl winners don't lose 3 or more games, nothing matters except one game in February. The professionals playing and coaching; and fans who pay really close attention have better more accurate views of greatness. Every Game counts; every week greatness is there to see. Most low info fans just tuned in to the Superbowl; because if their favorite team sucked that year, they didn't spend any hours watching NFL, until American culture forced you to in February. I watch old football, and the 1983 NFC Championship game Redskins vs Niners is one of the greatest games of all time. Most people don't even know it happened; Walsh v Gibbs in a thriller for the ages of All Time Greats.
Walter White I believe the Redskins hit the wall after going up 21-0 against the 49ers and it carried over to the Super Bowl. They escaped that nfc championship game with some questionable calls down the stretch
I'm 52 and was a diehard 'Skins fan. That loss in the SB still burns. Joe Gibbs one of the greatest coaches of all-time may of had his worse game plan ever that day. The Raiders did there homework. They clogged the gaps with their linebackers so Riggins couldn't get going. So why not have your tight ends go up the hash marks and dump a short pass over the linebackers heads. That would of gotten them of the line. Then Riggins get some yards. To watch it was frustrating. Taking nothing away from the Raiders they played great. Going a few times Joe gives it up make many adjustments. They were bad on all facets - special teams, Joe Thiesmann was off in the first half. And they weren't a catch up team.
David Saucedo I was 7 and remember it well- it was like a funeral. Theisman's dumb pass intercepted before half and then Marcus Allen's run sealed it. Just a bad/unlucky game.
That was a crushing loss and I cried as a 9 year old. I was mostly stunned at how we lost . I found it ironic that the dMV's most dominate teams the 83 Skins and the 84 Hoyas both teams Championship losers were better than their previous teams winners in my opinion
was 12 at the time of that super bowl...just watched game a few days ago...Raiders totally dominated us....never forget that gut wrenching feeling right before half when they made it 21-3....
The 1983 washington redskins were awesome going 14-2 during the regular season plus they were the defending champions. It's too bad that they couldn't swap their regular season victory over the raiders for their loss to the raiders in the superbowl.
This was then the highest scoring team of all time, scoring 541 points Joe Theismann won NFL MVP, throwing for 3,714 yards, 29 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions. John Riggins ran for 1,347 yards and 24 touchdowns Charlie Brown caught 78 passes for 1,225 yards, and 8 touchdowns
The '85 bears "only" had a plus 23 turnover ratio compared to the '83 skins plus 43...The only reason I don't call the defense great is because they gave up a lot of points in their losses.
m spookovision And even in some of the games they won. The odd thing was that the '83 Redskins were, in numerous ways, the exact opposite of the '82 team. The '82 team won their championship with defense, ball control, and a place kicker that had such a great season, that he was named the NFL MVP, something that's unlikely ever to happen again. On the other hand, the '83 team got to the Super Bowl with a dominant offense and just enough defense to get by, something that ultimately led to their downfall against the Raiders, who scored 73 points in two games against the Redskins (35 in the regular season match-up and 38 in the Super Bowl), and it could easily have been more.
One of the best yearbooks ever, love the soundtrack and the way things were described by the great John Facenda. Love the Oil & Water reference and describing RFK as a burial ground for playoff opponents.
The 1983 Washington Redskins or their 1991 team were dominant but their 1983 team scored a then NFL record 541 points and their defense was +22 in turnovers both finished 14-2 as both teams went to the Super Bowl however the 1991 team won Super Bowl 26 over Buffalo
They are both similar in this matter Hall of famers Joe Gibbs was the head coach for both teams Darrell Green was a rookie in 1983 by 1991 he was an all pro lost to Dallas at home while both won in Texas stadium they both swept the New York Giants and beat the Los Angeles Rams, Atlanta Falcons and Detroit Lions in RFK Stadium only the 1983 Redskins squashed the Rams soundly 51-7 in the Divisional playoffs while the 1991 Redskins crushed the Cinderella Detroit Lions 41-10 in the NFC championship game who they shutout 45-0 on opening night & national television also the week before in the rain they slowed down the Atlanta Falcons who they also played & demolished 56-17 in week 10 this time same weather in the NFC Divisional playoff the final was 24-7
Scary thing about that team is our field kicker was barely 50 percent. We missed a lot of field goals not including that 1-5 in the NFC title game and missing all the fields in the division round. If Mosely was making 60 to 70 percent like todays current kickers that scoring record could have been around 600. Vikings had a almost perfect field goal kicker (only kick missed was in the conference title game) which was valuable for the New NFL scoring record (Patriots ended up breaking)
Truth be told, the Redskins defense wasn't that good in 1983, which was shocking because that and the running of John Riggins was how they dominated in 1982. In 1983, the Redskins defense frequently sprung leaks, often BIG leaks. They blew a 23-point halftime lead at home to the Cowboys in the season opener, allowed 28 points to a Raider team without Marcus Allen, again at home (I don't count the Greg Pruitt punt return TD against the defense), nearly got beat by a Chargers team that was playing without Dan Fouts (the Cowboys actually DID get beat by that same Fouts-less Chargers team later that season), and of course, their defense got humiliated by the Packers in another MNF game. When you score 47 points and still LOSE, as the Redskins did that night, it becomes pretty obvious that the defense isn't that good. And as it turned out, that team's defensive liabilities finally came home to roost when they nearly blew the NFC Championship Game vs. the 49ers they had in the bag entering the fourth quarter, and then their entire team collapsed in Super Bowl XVII vs. the Raiders. Not only was their defense again not that good, but the rest of the team followed suit, as it became the first to allow TDs in all three phases of the game, all in the first half. Their punting unit gave the Raiders another TD, this one on a blocked punt, then there was that mind-boggling decision not to go into the locker room down 14-3, but to try to do something offensively, which ended in utter disaster. And after the one TD they scored, they even had the PAT blocked. So Super Bowl XVIII was one of those games where nothing, and I mean nothing went right for the Redskins.
Of course, when you're ahead all the time, as that team practically was, other teams simply could not afford to even attempt to run the ball against them. That's why I think the running and passing team rankings are overrated. That Redskins team naturally figured to be ranked high against the run, because their opponents were always playing catch-up and couldn't run the ball, even if they wanted to. And on the flip side, because their opponents always played catch-up, their pass defense stats figured to be pretty miserable, and they were, though they also capitalized by creating turnovers in the opposing team's passing game.
Thats a very interesting statistic. On the flip side as a Broncos fan, they lost SB XXII to the Redskins at the start of the 2nd half of the AFC Championship Game against the Browns. They were outscored 65-27 in the next 4 quarters.
@@jamesb.9472 I stated that their defense got humiliated by the Packers, not the team as a whole. When you score 47 points and still lose, that's a humiliating performance by the defense. The amazing thing was that the 47 points the Redskins scored that night wasn't even the most for a losing team that season. A little later in the '83 season, the Kansas City Chiefs lost to the Seattle Seahawks in a game in which they scored 48 points.
A Cut Above story of the 1983 Washington Redskins with 14 - 2 clinch NFC East Division crown and NFC Championship lose to the Los Angeles Raiders Super Bowl XVIII 38 - 9 and last but not least the most points in NFL history 541 broke the record book by storm
Redskins, Cowboys, Giants, Eagles. Then the 49ers and Bears... and THAT was the NFC dominance of the 80s. The Raiders were the only AFC team to win a SB (2) in the 80s. '80 Raiders '81 49ers '82 Redskins '83 Raiders '84 49ers '85 Bears '86 Giants '87 Redskins '88 49ers '89 49ers
I've watched the Redskins for over 30 years and the 1983 Redskins were the best team in franchise history. Except for possibly Sammy Baugh, Theismann was the best QB in Redskins history and it's a tragedy he is not in the Hall of Fame yet. Riggins was the best running back in Redskins history. The 1983 Redskins offense was very explosive, easily the best in franchise history. Their 541 points that year was an NFL record for over 10 years, which is pretty impressive when you think about how NFL offenses became much more passing-oriented during the late 1980s/early 1990s. In addition, the 1983 Redskins' plus 40+ turnover ratio will never be matched, it's like DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak. If it wasn't for the disastrous Super Bowl vs the Raiders, many people would view the 1983 Redskins as the best team EVER.
Been a die hard for just as long, but I'd argue that the 91 team was more balanced. '83 D was average. And as much as I loved Theismann, I don't think he's a hall of famer. Stats just aren't there.
I disagree. Theismann had more passing yards than Staubach and almost as many passing yards as Bradshaw, despite playing many fewer games. He had a better passing rating than Bradshaw and a better touchdown/interception ratio than Bradshaw. Plus, Theismann had one of the best winning percentages of all-time among QBs. He was a starting QB for only 8 years, yet led the Skins to two Super Bowls. Passing yards aren't everything, dude. The NFL was a much different game 30 - 40 years ago. Nobody put up passing yards back then like they do today, except for Johnny Unitas (who played forever). Manning, Brady, and Drew Brees are the only QBs playing right now that I would put ahead of Theismann. Regarding the 1983 vs 1991 team...the 1983 team set a record that will never be broken with their +43 turnover differential. The 1983 Redskin defense was very opportunistic, the offense was explosive and made very few mistakes, and that is why I would take them over the 1991 team.
JN Hutchi I said nothing about yards - I said stats. Theismann had good stats. He was a good QB, and a great one for 2 years. Getting to the SB twice and winning once in 8 years isn't enough for the HoF. He was never considered in the elite class even while he was playing. He was All pro once and went to 2 pro bowls. Staubach started about the same length of time and went to 4 or 5 Sb's (too lazy to check) and won 2, and retired as the 2nd highest rated QB of all time. And everyone had better stats than Terry Bradshaw, who was just lucky to play on the team he was on. I love love love'd the '83 team. But I still would say they had an average (but yes, very opportunistic) defense. As many points as the '83 team scored, the '91 team had a better point differential with a tougher schedule. The '83 team began to fall apart in the the 2nd half of the NFC championship game (and I'm still pissed at Mark Moseley) and played a stinker in the SB.
We'll have to agree to disagree. Theismann was easily considered one of the Top 5 QBs in the league from 1979 - 1984. And Theismann's QB rating was almost as good as Staubach's, you can look it up.
If you get to the Super Bowl 25% of the time as a starter during your career, you belong in the HOF. If you are the best QB in the league for 2 years (1982 - 1983), you belong in the HOF. Theismann has very strong HOF credentials.
Then why did they have to break in to the Redskin facilities and steal a play book 2 weeks before the Super Bowl? They knew everything that the Redskins were going to run and that made the 'skins easy to stop. They had to cheat to win, and they did.
thanks for the facts . that super bowl I remember where I was and a little kid . burned into my brain . wow they where a good defense and Joe was pretty good . I miss those players . good to see old highlights of the players you forget . Green 28 played way back then . Art monk . Riggins should of retired a few years earlier it ruined his yards per carry getting one yard runs his last 2 years . he was tough . can we go back and buy the redskins nfl seasons ? love to see him dragging the defense in games again .lol. beast mode .
21:14 As a 10 yr old in 1982 I remember seeing something on the news once about how athletic shoe companies were upset about NFL players wrapping their shoes with tape and in turn covering up the brand logo. So the players were required to draw the logo on the tape with magic marker. Some of the drawings were hilariously terrible. I remember seeing the Nike swoosh drawn all crooked and deformed. Here we have what appears to be PONY and PUMA brands done with a marker. 😂🤣😂🤣
The '91 team was actually better in my opinion, even though it was not as flashy. No team in NFL history could beat the '91 Redskins on a good day. True story.
Pablo Wolfe My goodness, in 1987 Dexter Manley, Charles Mann, Monte Coleman, and Darrell Green were in their prime(OK Darrell Green has always been in his prime), Goliath Dave Butz still had some juice left, and freakishly tall CB Barry Wilburn was a force to be reckoned with.
plntntvzn statistically the '91 team was far superior in terms of points allowed, take aways (+18 turnover ratio-best in the league), sacks, fumble recoveries, batted passes, interceptions for td, yards allowed per pass attempt (best in the league) etc. They also shut out 3 teams. Talk of talent all you want-the numbers speak for themselves. The 91 D was more effective.
Pablo Wolfe ...but that has to do with competition. I know how dominant the '91 Redskins were but I view that as circumstantial. How dominant a team is has just as much to do with their opponents that allow that domination as it has to do with anything else. I want to talk about actual defenders. You really feel as though the '91 Redskin defensive players were better than the '87 Redskin defenders?
One of the worst Sunday's of my life, that whole week after that game. I was inconsolable for weeks after the blow-out you could not talk to me that is how pissed i was. Then to find out the Skins were partying the night before the game made me even more pissed!
I was definitely pissed too. It now makes sense as to how thoroughly outplayed they were. I could not understand how a team that pretty much ran a train on the Rams with a 51-7 win could just not show up for the SuperBowl. I think they got way too overconfident with a 21-0 lead against the 49ers and could not turn in back on. Their season was pretty much done at that halftime. Even that game should not have been close. Mosely was 1-5 on field goals so 49ers were lucky to even be in that game.
This team became overconfident after the divisional round hammering of the Rams. The next week the got up 21-0 in the NFC Championship and near lost. Many will tell you the 49ers should have won that game, referees screwed them at the end of the game. Point is I believe this team got complacent with themselves and hungrier teams outplayed them badly for the the last 6 quarters of the season
Shawn Mckech Then again, if not for four missed Mark Moseley FGs, that NFC Championship game would have been a rout, because that 21-0 lead would have been 33-0, a fact that has almost always been forgotten abut that game. But the thing about that Redskins team was that it was not that good a defensive team. They gave up a huge lead in the season opener against the Cowboys, LOST a game in which they scored 47 points, and gave up 35 points at home to a Raider team without Marcus Allen (though in fairness to the Redskin defense, one of those Raider TDs was a long punt return). So the collapses from that defense in the fourth quarter of the NFC Championship game, as well their poor performance in the Super Bowl against a Raider team WITH Marcus Allen (though again, two of the Raiders TDs had nothing to do with the Redskin defense), could almost have been predicted.
+Shawn Mckech Frankly, the Skins got a little lucky to beat SF after nearly throwing that game away down the stretch. I wonder what Washington's mentality was coming into the SB. Dominate the Rams. Squeak by the 49ers.
That Rams game probably was too easy for them in that they probably didn't play as serious for most of that game and they were off when they played the 49ers. Joe was not himself after brutal Super Bowl loss
If you look it up the '83 skins defense gave up a ton of points in garbage time. Gibbs was known for taking his foot off the gas in decided games, SB26 for example.. They gave up 31 to a 12-4 cowboy team, 35 to the SB Champ Raiders and 48 to a Lynn Dickey led Packer team who, by the way, lit up everyone in '83 and had the 7th highest passing yardage season in the 80's. It would have been 2nd if you take out Fouts and Marino. This was definitely a defense that gambled more than the '91 team. I mean you have 4 dbs with at least 4 ints. The Hogs though, while they were awesome at run blocking gave up 35 sacks, Ouch. The 91 team gave up 9. If you put this team up against the 91 team IDK who to pick. The '83 team had the better offense, they ran the ball better and that combination of Riggins and Joe Washington. I'd take that over Byner and Ervins, if you're Pettibon in '91 who are you gonna key on? If you're '83 Pettibon, I'm not letting the Posse beat me, doing what Belicheck did to Bills in '90 and what Walsh did to the Dolphins in '84.
If the Skins had the Patriots mentality and not let their foot off the gas they could have probably gotten 600. Gibbs at times I got mad at him for easing up because he didn't want to embarrass the opponent
Think the team should go back to the "White jersey, burgundy pants" color scheme for home games, at least they should go back to the burgundy pants(Cannot stand those "SH*T" yellow pants(LOL)).
It depends. That Skins team looked real different from the Rams game to the 49ers game. That 51-7 beating of the rams was about as perfect a game as they had all season
+Lafayette Cathey The Redskins might have tricked themselves into believing that they were a stronger/more well-rounded team than LA. Early in 1983, Washington came back from down 15 points late at home vs LA to win 37-35. However, the Raiders did not have Marcus Allen that afternoon. Washington attempted similar plays in the SB as that earlier game but the Raiders had prepared for that possibility most notably the play which resulted in Squirek intercepting that Theismann screen pass for a TD right before halftime.
The warning signs about their porous defense should have blared after their loss to the Packers in that Monday Night scorefest. When you can't win a game in which you score 47 points, as was the case that night, something's terribly wrong with your defense. Even the Air Coryell Chargers (who nearly beat the Redskins with Ed Luther at QB during that season, and who DID beat the Cowboys with Luther at QB) never lost a game in which they scored that many points, and they were noted for having one of the worst defenses in the NFL, year in and year out.
They had a chance they just picked the wrong day to not show up. Partying too much during SuperBowl week especially the night before was nothing short of stupid. Howie Long confirmed that they saw Skins going out in the wee hours of the morning while Raiders were already in for curfew. Skins went into the game spent .
Idk Raiders just felt short of beating them earlier that season without Marcus Allen and Mike Haynes, Raiders still could of taken them in Super Bowl. But it might of been more exciting close game if Redskins had not partied all nighters like ya said 🤷🏻♂️
The Redskins shouldn't have been out at a drinking party the night before the game! They should've been preparing for the Raiders, and studying film from their first meeting back in October. If they had played like they did during the first game.against the Raiders, it would've been anybody's game!
I just don't understand why would they ruin a golden opportunity like they did? They could have partied after the game. They ruined a chance at possibly being a 1980s dynasty. Being the first team since the Steelers to go back to back. Funny thing is the Hoyas were the 1983 skins. in 1984 and loss their finals also ruining their back to back chances smh lol
@@rjam1974 They were cocky and overconfident. They had won the Super Bowl the previous year, and went 14-2 for the season. They had already beaten the Raiders, earlier in the season, and all the press were favoring the Redskins to win, during the run-up to the Super Bowl.
I could be wrong but I think they got the name pearl harbor crew because teams were always trying to comeback against the Skins that season. Hence why they were always having to try and defend against long bombs. Not necessarily because they were bad.
Matt Risher wrong Charlie casily said that why they was called the pearl harbor crew. Because they gave up a lot of bombs. He said it on nfl network top ten teams that didn't win the super bowl.
John Facenda died soon after narrating this highlight film as well as the 1983 LA Raiders Highlight Film and a handful of other 1984 productions for NFL Films including Super Stars of the Super Bowl. In my view, having watched hundreds of films narrated by Facenda, some of his strongest work was done during the spring/summer of 1984 shortly before he died. He went out at the very top of his game!
That I can agree on great voice!!!
The 70s and early 80s era of NFL films will never be topped
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The 1983 redskins and the 1990 Bills...2 of the greatest teams in NFL history...THAT DIDN'T FINISH!!!
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In the history of announcers no one beats John Facenda, Harry Kalas and Jeff Kaye all who at one time were staff announcers for NFL films--no one has even come close since
17:43 that shit was epic as fuck with that music when John Facenda said, "RFK HAS BECOME A BURIAL GROUND!"
Forgotten team that deserves appreciation. Losing a Superbowl, one Game, is given wayyyy too much importance. The way majority of fans think, its as if 95% if Superbowl winners don't lose 3 or more games, nothing matters except one game in February. The professionals playing and coaching; and fans who pay really close attention have better more accurate views of greatness. Every Game counts; every week greatness is there to see. Most low info fans just tuned in to the Superbowl; because if their favorite team sucked that year, they didn't spend any hours watching NFL, until American culture forced you to in February. I watch old football, and the 1983 NFC Championship game Redskins vs Niners is one of the greatest games of all time. Most people don't even know it happened; Walsh v Gibbs in a thriller for the ages of All Time Greats.
Walter White I believe the Redskins hit the wall after going up 21-0 against the 49ers and it carried over to the Super Bowl. They escaped that nfc championship game with some questionable calls down the stretch
and what seemed like 10 missed FG's
Not dumbest comment I’ve ever read but pretty damn close. China bots working way overtime here lol.
The regular season game with the Raiders was quite a game
I'm 52 and was a diehard 'Skins fan. That loss in the SB still burns. Joe Gibbs one of the greatest coaches of all-time may of had his worse game plan ever that day. The Raiders did there homework. They clogged the gaps with their linebackers so Riggins couldn't get going. So why not have your tight ends go up the hash marks and dump a short pass over the linebackers heads. That would of gotten them of the line. Then Riggins get some yards. To watch it was frustrating. Taking nothing away from the Raiders they played great. Going a few times Joe gives it up make many adjustments. They were bad on all facets - special teams, Joe Thiesmann was off in the first half. And they weren't a catch up team.
I still have not gotten over this loss. I was 11 and now 43
David Saucedo I was 7 and remember it well- it was like a funeral. Theisman's dumb pass intercepted before half and then Marcus Allen's run sealed it. Just a bad/unlucky game.
Morning Wood it was unbelievable
I was 15. It was a sicking loss. Marcus Allen run was the dagger....
That was a crushing loss and I cried as a 9 year old. I was mostly stunned at how we lost . I found it ironic that the dMV's most dominate teams the 83 Skins and the 84 Hoyas both teams Championship losers were better than their previous teams winners in my opinion
was 12 at the time of that super bowl...just watched game a few days ago...Raiders totally dominated us....never forget that gut wrenching feeling right before half when they made it 21-3....
The 1983 washington redskins were awesome going 14-2 during the regular season plus they were the defending champions. It's too bad that they couldn't swap their regular season victory over the raiders for their loss to the raiders in the superbowl.
This was then the highest scoring team of all time, scoring 541 points
Joe Theismann won NFL MVP, throwing for 3,714 yards, 29 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions.
John Riggins ran for 1,347 yards and 24 touchdowns
Charlie Brown caught 78 passes for 1,225 yards, and 8 touchdowns
I wouldn't call the '83 Skins defense great, but they had a plus +43 turnover ratio. That's insane! Nobody comes close to that ever.
If you have a +43 turnover ratio, then you are a great defense. End of story.
The '85 bears "only" had a plus 23 turnover ratio compared to the '83 skins plus 43...The only reason I don't call the defense great is because they gave up a lot of points in their losses.
m spookovision And even in some of the games they won. The odd thing was that the '83 Redskins were, in numerous ways, the exact opposite of the '82 team. The '82 team won their championship with defense, ball control, and a place kicker that had such a great season, that he was named the NFL MVP, something that's unlikely ever to happen again. On the other hand, the '83 team got to the Super Bowl with a dominant offense and just enough defense to get by, something that ultimately led to their downfall against the Raiders, who scored 73 points in two games against the Redskins (35 in the regular season match-up and 38 in the Super Bowl), and it could easily have been more.
thy would have gotten pearl harbored by the seahawks
Great video. Always loved John Facenda's voice! Thanks for posting!
JN Hutchi "the autumn wind is a pirate"! Agreed. Wish he could narrate my life
One of the best yearbooks ever, love the soundtrack and the way things were described by the great John Facenda. Love the Oil & Water reference and describing RFK as a burial ground for playoff opponents.
The good ole days for Skins fans💪🏽
As a proud Washingtonian..."Luv them Hogs"!
IMMORTAL FACENDA just before he left us TOO soon
John facenda the greatest narrator of NFL football ever and it's not even close
Thanks for uploading this! They hardly show this on TV anymore
That year was a strong team for Washington
The 1983 Washington Redskins or their 1991 team were dominant but their 1983 team scored a then NFL record 541 points and their defense was +22 in turnovers both finished 14-2 as both teams went to the Super Bowl however the 1991 team won Super Bowl 26 over Buffalo
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They are both similar in this matter Hall of famers Joe Gibbs was the head coach for both teams Darrell Green was a rookie in 1983 by 1991 he was an all pro lost to Dallas at home while both won in Texas stadium they both swept the New York Giants and beat the Los Angeles Rams, Atlanta Falcons and Detroit Lions in RFK Stadium only the 1983 Redskins squashed the Rams soundly 51-7 in the Divisional playoffs while the 1991 Redskins crushed the Cinderella Detroit Lions 41-10 in the NFC championship game who they shutout 45-0 on opening night & national television also the week before in the rain they slowed down the Atlanta Falcons who they also played & demolished 56-17 in week 10 this time same weather in the NFC Divisional playoff the final was 24-7
Julian Smith plus 43 turnover ratio
Scary thing about that team is our field kicker was barely 50 percent. We missed a lot of field goals not including that 1-5 in the NFC title game and missing all the fields in the division round. If Mosely was making 60 to 70 percent like todays current kickers that scoring record could have been around 600. Vikings had a almost perfect field goal kicker (only kick missed was in the conference title game) which was valuable for the New NFL scoring record (Patriots ended up breaking)
@@rjam1974 Mark Mosley Field Goal won the 1983 NFC championship game verses San Francisco the forgotten classic
The Redskins lost SB XVIII at the start of the 4th quarter of the NFCC v. San Francisco. Skins were outscored 59-12 over those 5 quarters.
Truth be told, the Redskins defense wasn't that good in 1983, which was shocking because that and the running of John Riggins was how they dominated in 1982. In 1983, the Redskins defense frequently sprung leaks, often BIG leaks. They blew a 23-point halftime lead at home to the Cowboys in the season opener, allowed 28 points to a Raider team without Marcus Allen, again at home (I don't count the Greg Pruitt punt return TD against the defense), nearly got beat by a Chargers team that was playing without Dan Fouts (the Cowboys actually DID get beat by that same Fouts-less Chargers team later that season), and of course, their defense got humiliated by the Packers in another MNF game. When you score 47 points and still LOSE, as the Redskins did that night, it becomes pretty obvious that the defense isn't that good.
And as it turned out, that team's defensive liabilities finally came home to roost when they nearly blew the NFC Championship Game vs. the 49ers they had in the bag entering the fourth quarter, and then their entire team collapsed in Super Bowl XVII vs. the Raiders. Not only was their defense again not that good, but the rest of the team followed suit, as it became the first to allow TDs in all three phases of the game, all in the first half. Their punting unit gave the Raiders another TD, this one on a blocked punt, then there was that mind-boggling decision not to go into the locker room down 14-3, but to try to do something offensively, which ended in utter disaster. And after the one TD they scored, they even had the PAT blocked. So Super Bowl XVIII was one of those games where nothing, and I mean nothing went right for the Redskins.
cjs83172 Pass defense was their liability moreso than rush defense.
Of course, when you're ahead all the time, as that team practically was, other teams simply could not afford to even attempt to run the ball against them. That's why I think the running and passing team rankings are overrated. That Redskins team naturally figured to be ranked high against the run, because their opponents were always playing catch-up and couldn't run the ball, even if they wanted to. And on the flip side, because their opponents always played catch-up, their pass defense stats figured to be pretty miserable, and they were, though they also capitalized by creating turnovers in the opposing team's passing game.
Thats a very interesting statistic. On the flip side as a Broncos fan, they lost SB XXII to the Redskins at the start of the 2nd half of the AFC Championship Game against the Browns. They were outscored 65-27 in the next 4 quarters.
@@jamesb.9472 I stated that their defense got humiliated by the Packers, not the team as a whole. When you score 47 points and still lose, that's a humiliating performance by the defense. The amazing thing was that the 47 points the Redskins scored that night wasn't even the most for a losing team that season. A little later in the '83 season, the Kansas City Chiefs lost to the Seattle Seahawks in a game in which they scored 48 points.
A Cut Above story of the 1983 Washington Redskins with 14 - 2 clinch NFC East Division crown and NFC Championship lose to the Los Angeles Raiders Super Bowl XVIII 38 - 9 and last but not least the most points in NFL history 541 broke the record book by storm
Those were the days when the best came from the NFC East.
Amen
Redskins, Cowboys, Giants, Eagles.
Then the 49ers and Bears... and THAT was the NFC dominance of the 80s.
The Raiders were the only AFC team to win a SB (2) in the 80s.
'80 Raiders
'81 49ers
'82 Redskins
'83 Raiders
'84 49ers
'85 Bears
'86 Giants
'87 Redskins
'88 49ers
'89 49ers
@@Head318Hunter 1984-96 and NFC team took home the Lombardi trophy
@@chuckyjamesamartin1968 The NFC east was like watching Big East Basketball in the 80s
@@juliansmith4352 Every team in the division made the playoffs 5+ times from 1981-91
1983 redskins secondary was called the pearl harbor gang for the amount of long bombs they give up that year, there defense was average.
thank you for posting this, do you have any TV games from that year?
I've watched the Redskins for over 30 years and the 1983 Redskins were the best team in franchise history. Except for possibly Sammy Baugh, Theismann was the best QB in Redskins history and it's a tragedy he is not in the Hall of Fame yet. Riggins was the best running back in Redskins history. The 1983 Redskins offense was very explosive, easily the best in franchise history. Their 541 points that year was an NFL record for over 10 years, which is pretty impressive when you think about how NFL offenses became much more passing-oriented during the late 1980s/early 1990s.
In addition, the 1983 Redskins' plus 40+ turnover ratio will never be matched, it's like DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak. If it wasn't for the disastrous Super Bowl vs the Raiders, many people would view the 1983 Redskins as the best team EVER.
Been a die hard for just as long, but I'd argue that the 91 team was more balanced. '83 D was average. And as much as I loved Theismann, I don't think he's a hall of famer. Stats just aren't there.
I disagree. Theismann had more passing yards than Staubach and almost as many passing yards as Bradshaw, despite playing many fewer games. He had a better passing rating than Bradshaw and a better touchdown/interception ratio than Bradshaw.
Plus, Theismann had one of the best winning percentages of all-time among QBs. He was a starting QB for only 8 years, yet led the Skins to two Super Bowls. Passing yards aren't everything, dude. The NFL was a much different game 30 - 40 years ago. Nobody put up passing yards back then like they do today, except for Johnny Unitas (who played forever). Manning, Brady, and Drew Brees are the only QBs playing right now that I would put ahead of Theismann.
Regarding the 1983 vs 1991 team...the 1983 team set a record that will never be broken with their +43 turnover differential. The 1983 Redskin defense was very opportunistic, the offense was explosive and made very few mistakes, and that is why I would take them over the 1991 team.
JN Hutchi I said nothing about yards - I said stats. Theismann had good stats. He was a good QB, and a great one for 2 years. Getting to the SB twice and winning once in 8 years isn't enough for the HoF. He was never considered in the elite class even while he was playing. He was All pro once and went to 2 pro bowls. Staubach started about the same length of time and went to 4 or 5 Sb's (too lazy to check) and won 2, and retired as the 2nd highest rated QB of all time. And everyone had better stats than Terry Bradshaw, who was just lucky to play on the team he was on.
I love love love'd the '83 team. But I still would say they had an average (but yes, very opportunistic) defense. As many points as the '83 team scored, the '91 team had a better point differential with a tougher schedule. The '83 team began to fall apart in the the 2nd half of the NFC championship game (and I'm still pissed at Mark Moseley) and played a stinker in the SB.
We'll have to agree to disagree. Theismann was easily considered one of the Top 5 QBs in the league from 1979 - 1984. And Theismann's QB rating was almost as good as Staubach's, you can look it up.
If you get to the Super Bowl 25% of the time as a starter during your career, you belong in the HOF. If you are the best QB in the league for 2 years (1982 - 1983), you belong in the HOF. Theismann has very strong HOF credentials.
That year, the Los Angeles Raiders were unstoppable in the play offs, especially their defense & Marcus Allen!
Then why did they have to break in to the Redskin facilities and steal a play book 2 weeks before the Super Bowl? They knew everything that the Redskins were going to run and that made the 'skins easy to stop. They had to cheat to win, and they did.
Didn't Dexter call Marcus Allen a 'broad'
thanks for the facts . that super bowl I remember where I was and a little kid . burned into my brain . wow they where a good defense and Joe was pretty good . I miss those players . good to see old highlights of the players you forget . Green 28 played way back then . Art monk . Riggins should of retired a few years earlier it ruined his yards per carry getting one yard runs his last 2 years . he was tough . can we go back and buy the redskins nfl seasons ? love to see him dragging the defense in games again .lol. beast mode .
Riggins played great in 1984 and good in 1985. Who cares about ypc.
21:14
As a 10 yr old in 1982 I remember seeing something on the news once about how athletic shoe companies were upset about NFL players wrapping their shoes with tape and in turn covering up the brand logo. So the players were required to draw the logo on the tape with magic marker. Some of the drawings were hilariously terrible. I remember seeing the Nike swoosh drawn all crooked and deformed.
Here we have what appears to be PONY and PUMA brands done with a marker. 😂🤣😂🤣
I bet Gibbs was worried by how many points his defense gave up in the regular season going into the playoffs.
best redskin team ever even with loss in sb
The Redskins beat the Raiders in the regular season, so Oakland had to steal a copy of the Redskin playbook to cheat and win the SB.
17:18 a mirror image play to the week 2 game in '91 vs Dallas. Look it up..
14:44
I know the back story behind Manleys comment here. It’s sad that he felt so insecure about it. At heart he’s a good guy no doubt.
If the Washington Redskins were “A Cut Above”. Where would you put the Raiders?
The '91 team was actually better in my opinion, even though it was not as flashy. No team in NFL history could beat the '91 Redskins on a good day. True story.
The plain truth is the 1987 Redskins defense was better than it was in 1983 or 1991.
how do you figure?
Pablo Wolfe
My goodness, in 1987 Dexter Manley, Charles Mann, Monte Coleman, and Darrell Green were in their prime(OK Darrell Green has always been in his prime), Goliath Dave Butz still had some juice left, and freakishly tall CB Barry Wilburn was a force to be reckoned with.
plntntvzn statistically the '91 team was far superior in terms of points allowed, take aways (+18 turnover ratio-best in the league), sacks, fumble recoveries, batted passes, interceptions for td, yards allowed per pass attempt (best in the league) etc. They also shut out 3 teams. Talk of talent all you want-the numbers speak for themselves. The 91 D was more effective.
Pablo Wolfe
...but that has to do with competition. I know how dominant the '91 Redskins were but I view that as circumstantial. How dominant a team is has just as much to do with their opponents that allow that domination as it has to do with anything else. I want to talk about actual defenders. You really feel as though the '91 Redskin defensive players were better than the '87 Redskin defenders?
One of the worst Sunday's of my life, that whole week after that game. I was inconsolable for weeks after the blow-out you could not talk to me that is how pissed i was. Then to find out the Skins were partying the night before the game made me even more pissed!
I was definitely pissed too. It now makes sense as to how thoroughly outplayed they were. I could not understand how a team that pretty much ran a train on the Rams with a 51-7 win could just not show up for the SuperBowl. I think they got way too overconfident with a 21-0 lead against the 49ers and could not turn in back on. Their season was pretty much done at that halftime. Even that game should not have been close. Mosely was 1-5 on field goals so 49ers were lucky to even be in that game.
It would have been better had the Redskins lost to the Raiders in the regular season. The Raiders felt like that one got away.
This team had it all except for that last game of the season
SBで、もう一度ワシントンvsラスベガス見たいですね。今度は、ワシントン必ず勝つでしょう。ワシントン最高です。
ronnie lott is running for his life
Too much Marcus Allen. Raiders were Tough back then.
49ers vs Raiders would have made a better Super Bowl.
This team became overconfident after the divisional round hammering of the Rams. The next week the got up 21-0 in the NFC Championship and near lost. Many will tell you the 49ers should have won that game, referees screwed them at the end of the game. Point is I believe this team got complacent with themselves and hungrier teams outplayed them badly for the the last 6 quarters of the season
Shawn Mckech Then again, if not for four missed Mark Moseley FGs, that NFC Championship game would have been a rout, because that 21-0 lead would have been 33-0, a fact that has almost always been forgotten abut that game. But the thing about that Redskins team was that it was not that good a defensive team. They gave up a huge lead in the season opener against the Cowboys, LOST a game in which they scored 47 points, and gave up 35 points at home to a Raider team without Marcus Allen (though in fairness to the Redskin defense, one of those Raider TDs was a long punt return). So the collapses from that defense in the fourth quarter of the NFC Championship game, as well their poor performance in the Super Bowl against a Raider team WITH Marcus Allen (though again, two of the Raiders TDs had nothing to do with the Redskin defense), could almost have been predicted.
+Shawn Mckech Frankly, the Skins got a little lucky to beat SF after nearly throwing that game away down the stretch. I wonder what Washington's mentality was coming into the SB. Dominate the Rams. Squeak by the 49ers.
That Rams game probably was too easy for them in that they probably didn't play as serious for most of that game and they were off when they played the 49ers. Joe was not himself after brutal Super Bowl loss
1983 super Bowl
If you look it up the '83 skins defense gave up a ton of points in garbage time. Gibbs was known for taking his foot off the gas in decided games, SB26 for example.. They gave up 31 to a 12-4 cowboy team, 35 to the SB Champ Raiders and 48 to a Lynn Dickey led Packer team who, by the way, lit up everyone in '83 and had the 7th highest passing yardage season in the 80's. It would have been 2nd if you take out Fouts and Marino.
This was definitely a defense that gambled more than the '91 team. I mean you have 4 dbs with at least 4 ints.
The Hogs though, while they were awesome at run blocking gave up 35 sacks, Ouch. The 91 team gave up 9.
If you put this team up against the 91 team IDK who to pick. The '83 team had the better offense, they ran the ball better and that combination of Riggins and Joe Washington. I'd take that over Byner and Ervins, if you're Pettibon in '91 who are you gonna key on? If you're '83 Pettibon, I'm not letting the Posse beat me, doing what Belicheck did to Bills in '90 and what Walsh did to the Dolphins in '84.
If the Skins had the Patriots mentality and not let their foot off the gas they could have probably gotten 600. Gibbs at times I got mad at him for easing up because he didn't want to embarrass the opponent
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Yessir go Cowboys!
100% Correct Shawn McKech i remember that shit! Woth the bullshit call against SF defense! KARMA'S A BITCH!
they also missed 4 field goals. should not even been close
And had a punt return TD called back
The Dynasty that should have been....
I swear Darrell Green was a Redskin for 25 years.
Next fastest ever behind Bullet Bob Hayes ?
Does anyone know the name of the track between 7:11-7:36?
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still painful. ugh. httr.
Think the team should go back to the "White jersey, burgundy pants" color scheme for home games, at least they should go back to the burgundy pants(Cannot stand those "SH*T" yellow pants(LOL)).
They don't have them anymore
Raiders got lucky!!! Skins #1 HTTR.
How did we not we that game??????
Raiders fumbled a punt early in the game that the Redskins recovered and the refs blew the call. That's why. That's what I tell myself, anyway.
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Ken Oberle what's that?
My bad but the most dominant team was the 1983 or 1991 Redskins
Julian Smith 1991 for me
2 1 point losses
Dream Team game: 89 49ers vs 91 Redskins?
+madrecka Redskins win it close. 24-23.
It depends. That Skins team looked real different from the Rams game to the 49ers game. That 51-7 beating of the rams was about as perfect a game as they had all season
@@rjam1974 49ers hands down
They might have played each other those years
Y6
Great team the raiders defense was just too much
+Lafayette Cathey Tough to hang with a roided up team..
+armst012 if your a skins fan the raiders are a lot better than your team and on the rise buddy
+Lafayette Cathey The Redskins might have tricked themselves into believing that they were a stronger/more well-rounded team than LA. Early in 1983, Washington came back from down 15 points late at home vs LA to win 37-35. However, the Raiders did not have Marcus Allen that afternoon. Washington attempted similar plays in the SB as that earlier game but the Raiders had prepared for that possibility most notably the play which resulted in Squirek intercepting that Theismann screen pass for a TD right before halftime.
+Luke Enno redskins were number against the run. or number 2 ranked
The warning signs about their porous defense should have blared after their loss to the Packers in that Monday Night scorefest. When you can't win a game in which you score 47 points, as was the case that night, something's terribly wrong with your defense. Even the Air Coryell Chargers (who nearly beat the Redskins with Ed Luther at QB during that season, and who DID beat the Cowboys with Luther at QB) never lost a game in which they scored that many points, and they were noted for having one of the worst defenses in the NFL, year in and year out.
Brett Faav-er
Too bad that cut above Redskins got they're assess whipped bad in the Super Bowl against Los Angeles Raiders...Redskins never had a chance
They had a chance they just picked the wrong day to not show up. Partying too much during SuperBowl week especially the night before was nothing short of stupid. Howie Long confirmed that they saw Skins going out in the wee hours of the morning while Raiders were already in for curfew. Skins went into the game spent .
Idk Raiders just felt short of beating them earlier that season without Marcus Allen and Mike Haynes, Raiders still could of taken them in Super Bowl. But it might of been more exciting close game if Redskins had not partied all nighters like ya said 🤷🏻♂️
"Greatest sporting event in the world" pff
The Redskins shouldn't have been out at a drinking party the night before the game! They should've been preparing for the Raiders, and studying film from their first meeting back in October. If they had played like they did during the first game.against the Raiders, it would've been anybody's game!
what drinking party?
@@davidlopez-rl4sh it was well-documented Russ Grimm took the team for a "Night on the Town", the night preceding the big game.
I just don't understand why would they ruin a golden opportunity like they did? They could have partied after the game. They ruined a chance at possibly being a 1980s dynasty. Being the first team since the Steelers to go back to back. Funny thing is the Hoyas were the 1983 skins. in 1984 and loss their finals also ruining their back to back chances smh lol
@@rjam1974 They were cocky and overconfident. They had won the Super Bowl the previous year, and went 14-2 for the season. They had already beaten the Raiders, earlier in the season, and all the press were favoring the Redskins to win, during the run-up to the Super Bowl.
14:43 He was illiterate but tried to act like he could read back then.
1983 redskins secondary was called the pearl harbor gang for the amount of long bombs they give up that year, there defense was average.
I could be wrong but I think they got the name pearl harbor crew because teams were always trying to comeback against the Skins that season. Hence why they were always having to try and defend against long bombs. Not necessarily because they were bad.
Matt Risher wrong Charlie casily said that why they was called the pearl harbor crew. Because they gave up a lot of bombs. He said it on nfl network top ten teams that didn't win the super bowl.
mike white the redskins did win the super bowl 27-17 against the dolphins